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Dr Mimi Huang

Assistant Professor

Department: Humanities

Mimi -Huang -2I came to Newcastle and joined the department in the summer of 2008 after having completed a PhD degree in cognitive linguistics at Nottingham University. My research interests span across cognitive linguistics, healthcare communication, narrative medicine, metaphor, embodiment, and (critical) discourse analysis. My research interests have three overarching themes: 1) healthcare communication; 2) wellbeing, identity and personhood; 3) narratives and stories (literary and non-literary).

In terms of public engagement and impact activities, I have been working with healthcare practitioners, patient groups and community groups for a better understanding of the changing culture of care, communication and patient involvement in today’s healthcare services.

I welcome research students, academic colleagues and professional practitioners interested in the above areas to get in touch with me to discuss prospective research projects.

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Introduction: Constructing and Communicating Crisis Discourse from Cognitive, Discursive and Sociocultural Perspectives, Huang, M. Jul 2020, The Language of Crisis, Amsterdam, John Benjamins
  • Narrative Modulation in the Storytelling of Breast Cancer Survivors’ Transitional Experiences, Huang, M. Jul 2020, The Language of Crisis, Amsterdam, John Benjamins
  • The Language of Crisis: Metaphors, Frames and Discourses, Huang, M., Holmgreen, L. 16 Jul 2020
  • Socio-psychological salience and categorisation accuracy of speaker place of origin, McKenzie, R., Huang, M., Ong, T., Snodin, N. 1 Sep 2019, In: Lingua
  • An investigation of how supported self care is perceived and communicated by healthcare community members in the North East of England, Huang, M. 4 Apr 2017, British Sociology Annual Conference 2017
  • A Comparative Study of McDonald’s Wedding Narratives with the Model of Anchoring, Huang, M. 10 Dec 2016, In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies
  • A Critical Review of Narrative-Based Medicine — Its Recent Development and Prospective Outlook, Ye, Y., Huang, M. May 2015, In: Xunzheng Yixue
  • Communicating and Cooperating with Cancer Patients -- Where Cognitive Science Meets Narrative Medicine, Huang, M. 20 Jul 2015, ICLC 13 - 13th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference
  • Exploring Meaning Construction in Narrative Discourse, Huang, M. 15 Feb 2012, 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference
  • Exploring Conceptual Metaphors with a Dual Model, Huang, M. 11 Jul 2011, ICLC 11 - International Cognitive Linguistics Conference

  • Houssem Sid The Line between Screening the Muslims and being one : The Representation of the Muslim Identity in ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ (2012); Algerian Muslims’ Perceptions and Negotiations of Muslim identity’’ Start Date: 01/10/2019
  • Sylvia Spanou A Cognitive Linguistic model of deconstructive interpretation Start Date: 01/03/2017 End Date: 19/11/2022
  • Hui-Ching Lin Particles in Phrasal Verbs— A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Meaning Constructions in the EFL Context Start Date: 01/10/2015 End Date: 16/09/2019
  • Gerrit Kotzur Disablism at Work. A Critical Discourse and Biographical Narrative Study of Blind and Partially Sighted People’s Professional Identities in the UK and Germany Start Date: 07/10/2014 End Date: 04/12/2018
  • SONDOS IBRAHIM Cross-Cultural Cognitive Metaphors of Pain and Pain Management Start Date: 07/10/2014

  • Linguistics PhD July 15 2008
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2008


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